Chapter 64: Chinese New Year

The arrival of Chang's made Lin Zhu really relaxed, and asked the village chief Lin Changqing to help deal with the matter of Chang's signing the work contract, and settled in the official mansion, which also made Lin Zhu feel a lot more relieved, although he was not afraid that Chang's would have bad intentions, but it was not impossible to prevent people, not to mention Lin Zhu's situation.

Because the New Year was coming in a few days, Lin Zhu took the opportunity to go to the county to buy some items used by the Chang family, and bought some snacks and the like, wanting to wait until the New Year, and when he went around to pay New Year's greetings with the children in the village, he also asked them to go to his own house to get some food and share it with everyone.

It's almost the New Year, and Lin Zhu doesn't have much work to do at home, Chang's mainly helps her watch Fu Dou'er's little buns, cooking, washing clothes, etc., of course, Lin Zhu can't let her do it alone, usually the two work together.

And Chang was also surprised when she saw the food prepared by Lin Zhu, she didn't expect a nine-year-old child to be able to prepare so completely. However, when she heard about Lin Zhu's life experience and Fu Dou'er's origin from Aunt Li's mouth, she couldn't help but feel distressed for them, they were all children who had not been taken care of by their mothers since they were children, so they were so precocious and capable. Chang thought of his son who didn't know where he was, his mother's heart was overflowing in an instant, and she took care of her more and more wholeheartedly, and Lin Zhu and Xiao Baozi were also sincerely loved by her as sons and daughters.

So Lin Zhu didn't have to touch her hands anymore for many things, and even cooking was forbidden, so she didn't usually have nothing to do needlework. It just so happened that Chang's embroidery skills were good before, and she had been doing it for a long time in a high-ranking family, and she was able to teach the young ladies about the things she did, so she began to teach Lin Zhu little by little.

This is hard for Lin Zhu, from sitting and walking, to dressing up, all kinds of etiquette that the official eunuch lady should know are told to her one by one. Although it didn't make her become the same as those young ladies immediately, she was taught everything that should be able to decline, and she mentioned it from time to time. Lin Zhu was miserable, and when she wanted to refute, she was defeated by Chang's single-minded good for her. And even the title has been changed to Chang Mama.

It's just that all etiquette and behavior have to be carried out at home, and when you go out of the house, as long as you don't go out of line, Lin Zhu can be the same as before, such as when you play with friends who are familiar with each other in the village, you don't have to pay attention to those norms such as not looking back, smiling and not showing teeth.

Lin Zhu has the soul of a modern person, so for the so-called rules of everyone's ladies taught by Chang's mother, what three from four virtues and so on, some of them seem to her to be nonsense, but she still carefully wrote it down, no matter what, since you want to integrate into this era, learning the rules of this era is indispensable, at least on the surface, so that people can't make mistakes.

Chang's mother's embroidery skills are very good, when she was young, she recognized an embroidery girl in the house as a godmother, and gave her a pension to the end, so she also learned a good hand, teaching Lin Zhu this imbecile on the needlework, is also handy. Later, when Ruyu was looking for Lin Zhu to play, she found out, and as soon as she went home, Aunt Li immediately took Ruyu and Youqing over to learn art.

Because Chang's mother signed a work contract, Lin Zhu couldn't force her to accept the Lin sisters, but she didn't expect Chang's mother to agree happily, and a few acquaintances in the village often came to ask for advice, and for a while, the village's evaluation of Lin Zhu was better. But that's another story.

In the blink of an eye, it was the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, because of the addition of Fudou'er Xiaobaozi and Chang's mother, Lin Zhu became warm in the first New Year of this era, and he was no longer alone.

Although Chang's mother's embroidery skills are very good, but in cooking, her skills are really lackluster, after eating a few meals she has cooked, Lin Zhu insists on firmly grasping the right to cook in her own hands. Chang's mother felt that it was unruly to let Lin Zhu cook for her, and she couldn't help it. But after eating Lin Zhu's cooking, she also knew that her cooking skills were much worse than what Lin Zhu cooked, and Lin Zhu couldn't get used to what she cooked.

So Lin Zhu thought about her stomach and strongly asked her to cook the meal. And Chang's mother helped to do the work, washing vegetables, cutting vegetables and the like. In this way, the cooperation between the two sides is pleasant, which not only allows Lin Zhu to show his skills in the things he likes, but also makes Chang's mother not feel that she is a person who is waiting for dinner and has something to do.

Therefore, the meal of the Chinese New Year's Eve was completed with the help of Lin Zhu and Chang's mother. With the cooperation of the two, a sumptuous meal was served on the table. Among them, Lin Zhu took out the spinach in the space in a place where Chang's mother couldn't see, Chang's mother didn't expect that there would be such a well-preserved spinach in the winter, she was very surprised, Lin Zhu only deduced that it was stored in a special way to prevaricate. Chang's mother was also very eye-catching, and she didn't dig deeper.

Cold chicken shreds, a platter of pork hearts and pork liver, and cold pork ears, these are all return gifts from Aunt Li and Aunt Guo, which have already been boiled and set aside, so it takes no effort and is ready soon. Scrambled eggs with spinach, boiling cabbage, braised roe deer meat, braised fish and stewed pork ribs, and the last egg drop soup is all there.

The two of them sat at the table, looking at the table full of food, Chang's mother's eyes moistened, and she said in a choked voice, "Xiaozhu, thank you, if you hadn't taken me in, let alone sitting at such a table, I might not even be able to drink saliva, your great kindness, I will never forget it for the rest of my life." As he spoke, he was about to kneel down and kowtow to Lin Zhu. Lin Zhu hurriedly got down from the stool, wanting to stop her from kneeling, but she couldn't help Chang's mother's strength, and she really kowtowed three times before getting up.

"Chang Mom, you don't have to be so polite, Fu Dou'er and I are both young, and it is our blessing to have you to help us." Lin Zhu wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said sincerely. "Let's talk about the New Year again, the previous things are all in the past, and it will be better in the future, maybe you will be able to find your son and husband next year, okay, don't be sad, or the blessing will make you cry and run away." Mother Chang, who was amused by Lin Zhu's last words, wiped away her tears and said with disgust, "Tong Yan Wuji, Tong Yan Wu Ji, how can the blessing run away so easily." ”

Chang's mother's mood has recovered, and the two of them happily enjoyed this delicious meal. Of course, black beans are indispensable, Lin Zhu put a lot of ribs in its food bowl, roe deer meat and chicken, the black beans are called refreshing, and the little tail is even more cheerful, the whole dog face is buried in the basin, and she didn't even give Lin Zhu a small look, which really made her say that it has no conscience, and with food, she didn't even look at it, the owner.

"What are you really talking to black beans, but it doesn't even eat what I give you except for what you fed!" Mother Chang pulled Lin Zhu back on the table and asked her to sit down and eat, "Black Bean, you will definitely be a good dog when you grow up in the future." "Of course, it doesn't depend on who raised it." Lin Zhu said a little arrogantly, "I also picked up the black beans, and at night from the gate, it was so small that it was not easy to walk." "Thinking back to the appearance of Black a few months ago, and looking at its current size, no one would have guessed that it was a puppy about half a year old, and now it is about the same age as an adult earth dog in the village.

"Hehe, think about it, you picked it up." Chang's mother smiled and said, "It's also fortunate that you picked us up, or ......" Speaking of this, Chang's mother was a little choked up again, and she couldn't go on. Lin Zhu coaxed again, and then turned from crying to laughter.

The two happily finished the meal, during which there was a routine meal of Fu Dou'er's small buns, a bowl of goat's milk, he was too young to increase supplementary food.

The three of them ate and drank, talked and laughed, teasing the small buns of Fu Dou'er, until they cooked some dumplings after the last day, and this Chinese New Year's Eve meal was finished.

After putting Fu Douer to sleep, the two kept the New Year according to the customs of this era.

The house was very warm, the fire was hot, after a while, Lin Zhu dozed off, his head little by little, Chang's mother saw her like this, and knew that staying up late was not good for her, so she gently put her down beside Fu Dou'er, covered with a quilt, she was alone, while keeping the New Year, she prayed to God, blessed her husband and son with safety, and prayed that the family could have a day of reunion. I also pray for Lin Zhu and Fu Douer, and may good people have good rewards, good fortune and health, and a long life.

PS: It will be on the shelves tomorrow and will start daily double watching, tentatively scheduled from 12 noon to 12 pm. Subject to further notice. I hope that book friends who have money will have a money field, and those who don't have money will have a personal field, there are a lot of books on the shelves tomorrow, just don't make me too ugly. Bow down and thank you.